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Myocardiopathy (or cardiomyopathy) may be “idiopathic,” such as dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), or “specific” if of known etiology; e.g., diphtheritic. The term “primary” indicates that the heart is the major organ involved (e.g., hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) as opposed to “secondary,” where the heart is affected as part of a diffuse disease (e.g., glycogen storage disease).
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Joffe, H.S. (1986). Myocardiopathy: Clinical Picture and Prognosis. In: Doyle, E.F., Engle, M.A., Gersony, W.M., Rashkind, W.J., Talner, N.S. (eds) Pediatric Cardiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8598-1_259
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